Stanley himself had tacitly accepted the marriage. He was preparing himself to officially marry Christine—so much so that he was beginning to renovate their marital house. However, Christine knew that he was not happy. He didn’t love her; he only saw her as a friend. The truth was that he didn’t even want to get married. He simply chose to accept it out of a sense of responsibility. She could have pretended not to know and successfully married him. Even so, she chose to back out of their marriage. She even went so far as to create a reason so that he could divorce her without any guilt.

Maddie wiped Christine’s tears away as she said, “Silly girl, why did you do that?”

Christine smiled, but her tears slid down her face. “I don’t even know if I can get better. I can’t tie him down.”

Upon hearing those words, Maddie did not force the topic anymore. She simply pushed Christine into the car and said, “Don’t worry. The military’s nursing home has a lot of experience in this area. You will surely get better. Have some confidence in yourself.”

“Okay. Don’t worry, Maddie. I will do my best to recover. After all, I’m a multi-millionaire now!”

Sophia was not surprised to hear that the Yard twins were returning to their home country. Jordan’s power was at its peak right now. As long as he stood strong, his two sons would not be punished so easily either. Still, she had her own plans. I’m going to make them wish they were dead.

The weather during the early summer was neither hot nor cold—it was the perfect time to go on a trip.

“Cash Edwards! Spit out my slippers, now!” Michael furiously slapped Cash’s butt with a slipper. Then, it ran away after yelping in pain.

and the three dogs ran wild at home every single day. Putting on the slippers

the city to experience life in the countryside. It was a chance for them to experience the hardships

vegetables, till the soil, catch worms, feed the pigs, harvest grains, and scatter manure for fertilizer. They were also allowed to catch fish and shrimp in the

the fields like a bunch of overexcited huskies, working energetically to obtain achievements. Celine would almost always come out on top since she harvested the wheat neatly and swiftly. Meanwhile, Joel and Michael would snatch for the second and third spots. The three of them constantly fought over the

After all, Mark had specially allowed him to join the other Fletcher children on their trips to the countryside when he was younger. They normally went during the autumn harvest when the farmers were at their busiest. The older children would be

a good girl when you’re there. You’re five years old now. You need to wear your own clothes, shower on your own, and put on your

cheeky kids in open-crotch pants. They were very happy, and all the adults left them to their own devices. But now, he couldn’t help worrying himself to death when he had to send Carmen there. I wonder how other parents could harden their hearts and send such young children there. Although it’s

“Come on; I’m only going to watch. Besides,

going to harvest wheat, scatter manure for fertilizer, and plant corn. Although mechanized large-scale farming had been implemented a long time ago, the Fletcher Family’s farms retained the tradition of scattering manure as fertilizer. The reason was that scattering manure was one of the most laborious tasks that challenged one’s courage and endurance. Along with cleaning out the pigsty, it was among the farm work that had a difficulty index of five stars. As a consequence, the children of the

the shortest time would be the king among the children of the same age group. Moreover, they would receive a prize when they got home. Every single child from the Fletcher Family would have to scatter the manure at least once before they reached eighteen years old. Joel, Stanley, Michael, Celine, and the others were no exception. It was a ritual. Since

beautiful little baby scattering manure in the future… It was still too early for Carmen right now. She was only five years old. She couldn’t even pick up the bucket

“Nate, take good

before leading Carmen away. He did it last year and wanted to go earlier this year. Otherwise, he would not have the chance to do it again this year. Everybody seemed to be particularly keen on the task of scattering manure. It was the best chance to prove their strength. Hence, the one who grabbed first place in scattering manure was the king in everybody else’s

Carmen off. Watching as the car drove away, she suddenly turned to Michael

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